I have a question. What organization is Yuriev the head of? Isn't the Yuriev institute gone? I was under the impression that he was in control of the military. Someone please clear this up for me.

It says this in my Xeno3 guide book, under Major Organizations

*might in a way contain spoilers*

Salvator Faction

Secretly controlled by Dr. Dmitri Yuriev, the Salvator Faction still holds substantial power in the Galaxy Federation after his apparent death. Headed by Designer Children, the faction has a number of high-profile members such as Pierre Ruryk (No idea who he is though =p)

Pierre Ruryk was a character added to XSII DS, and his connection with the Salvator Faction apparently tied Pied Piper more directly into the current story. So the Salvator Faction was (obviously) brought up in Pied Piper as well, but I forgot it had to do with Yuriev. Actually, I don't remember that much from Pied Piper at all, except I highly dislike Voyager.

I should probably read the pied piper script before I play XSIII, It seems like there is a lot of information from that which I am missing. I get the whole Jan Sauer and Voyger thing already but it's the minor characters who I seem to be missing information on.

I really don't have much idea who Yuriev is...